The best guideline I've seen for this situation is _Getting It Right_ by
Mary H. Slawson. (I bought my copy from the Legacy store.) Slawson has a
full 100 pages on how to handle names and titles using Legacy screens for
her examples. Although many people make up their own rules for entering
this
Ray:
One option would be to use the template Book > Book, authored > Author known
> Basic format. In the field for the author's last name, just list the
surnames of all three authors: Elliott, Walker, Stratford-Devai. Leave the
other name fields blank. That will give you a reasonably thorough
Michele:
A dob sort is one other way to view the Name List and check for duplicates.
I have a spider web of several hundred Acadians and it's easy to miss common
ancestors in all that. It's a quick way to check for blank dob fields
(which can also be done with a search), it's one more way to scan
Ray:
My General Notes do transfer into a GEDCOM (5.5) although I haven't tried
uploading it to Ancestry. You might try creating a GEDCOM with just one
individual who does have content under General Notes, then open the GEDCOM
with Notepad and search for a unique word in the text of the note to se
Arnold:
I don't know about Chick, but I'm missing the ability to sort the entire
Name List by dob. That's an option within FTM and you can choose to have
oldest first or youngest first. Either way, those with no dob sort
alphabetically at the top of the list followed by the others in date order.
Chick:
I'm with you on sorting names by dob; it's one of the two relatively small
FTM features that I miss. For now I send a GEDCOM from Legacy to an old
copy of FTM and sort there, but it would certainly be handy to be able to do
it within Legacy. Seems it would be easy enough to add. I don't
Arnold:
Thanks for that. I knew about rotating through siblings but somehow I had
missed the trick about rotating through spouses. That's very handy.
Kirsten
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From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com]on
Behalf Of Arnold Sprague
Sent: Tuesday,
Another favorite of mine is the Tree Finder (View > Tree Finder [Refresh]).
It's an excellent way to check for those individuals that you might have
accidentally unlinked from your main tree.
Kirsten
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From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com]on
B
Mary's "Lost" post reminded me of how many great tips and shortcuts I picked
up from the LUG when I first started using Legacy. Unfortunately new users
sometimes don't even know the question to ask in order to find some of
these, and LUG discussions lately seem to be far from basic. My personal
f
Jenny:
Just a small caveat . . . I found to my chagrin that the Source List Name
*is* included in GEDCOMs and does appear in databases uploaded to RootsWeb
unless you exclude the ABBREV tag when creating the GEDCOM.
Kirsten
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From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@
Jane:
Most of the time I create a new folder for the person in XP and that's where
I stick all the relevant information and notes until something clicks.
These are all kept in a Stray folder under the appropriate surname. With a
few, when I'm pretty sure where they go due to circumstantial eviden
Ron:
Of course you're right about the difference between upgrades and updates,
and the new features introduced with v7 were so huge that probably no amount
of beta testing could have caught every possible bug. Furthermore, the ones
that did slip through seemed to affect relatively few users. In
--
From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com]on
Behalf Of Dennis M. Kowallek
Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 1:55 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] GEDCOMs From Legacy: Brett
On Mon, 5 Oct 2009 13:04:16 -0700, "Kirsten Bowman"
wrote:
>I
>ha
Cheers, Brett
- Original Message -
From: "Kirsten Bowman"
To:
Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 5:58 PM
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] GEDCOMs From Legacy
Brett:
I don't quite follow everything you've said, but it sounds fairly similar to
what my more knowledgeable friend
uld be awful to manage. And I am
discovering there are so many options and preferences I could get lost in them.
I'll stick with one database and when I need to pull out my direct line, I'll
ask you! Thanks.
Sherry W.
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From: "Kirsten Bowman"
To: L
Brett:
I don't quite follow everything you've said, but it sounds fairly similar to
what my more knowledgeable friend is telling me. As I understand it, Legacy
isn't programmed to permit excluding GIVN and SURN tags from the aka fields;
excluding those two tags only applies to the primary name.
r whatever else you have customized. Then next time
simply click on LOAD LIST and you won't have to remember all those things.
Brian in CA
-Original Message-
From: Kirsten Bowman [mailto:vik...@rvi.net]
Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2009 1:22 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup
Subject: [LegacyUG] G
Sherry:
Welcome to Legacy!
I'd definitely recommend keeping the family together in one file. That way you
have just one group of settings and preferences to work with as well as one set
of Master Sources and Locations--not to mention having just one GEDCOM to
upload and maintain. It just mak
The usual format for an individual's page at RootsWeb WorldConnect for
records uploaded from a Legacy-created GEDCOM begins like this:
ID: []
Name: [John Quincy Jones]
Surname: [Jones]
Given Name: [John Quincy]
This is a useless repetition of names and clutters up the page, so I
eliminate
ies. Even narrowing it
down to states would produce over 50, considering territories such a
Puerto Rico and Guam.
But maybe I'm being too detailed. Anyway, your suggestion will work as
a work-around. Thanks again.
Jim
On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 11:37 AM, Kirsten Bowman wrote:
> Jim:
>
Michele:
Surety level is pretty subjective and I don't use it. Seems to me that readers
should be able to judge surety from reading your source notes.
Kirsten
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From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com]on
Behalf Of Michele Lewis
Sent: Saturday,
But Laura, how do you account for pastors who couldn't spell or who
"latinized" infants' names? Should a baptismal record for "Fredrikus
Merkel" take precedence over a will signed in the man's own hand as
Frederick Markle--along with all the land and military records listing the
latter? With due
And here's another slant: After recording about a thousand Acadian names
like Françoise, Étienne, and Jean-Baptiste, I find that a majority of people
don't use diacriticals either in their databases or in searches, so my work
is largely invisible online. Since the main use for the data is to pos
Jim:
That's pretty extreme lumping, but it should be easy to do. (And just today
I wrote that I'm reforming from this!)
Anyway, why can't you just create a Master Source called 1790 US Census and
leave out the other location details. Then on the Source Detail screen on
the Source Clipboard, you
t: Re: [LegacyUG] Source Template Surprise
Kirsten Bowman wrote:
>> Confessions of a sinner . . .
>>
>> I've been an advocate of a rather cavalier approach to use of
>> Legacy's source templates, primarily by putting data in any field
>> you wish (regar
Confessions of a sinner . . .
I've been an advocate of a rather cavalier approach to use of Legacy's
source templates, primarily by putting data in any field you wish
(regardless of field name) as long as the resulting citation format is what
you want. Now that's come back to bite me to a small
Eric:
I'd take a middle-of-the-road approach. Any records that support or dispute
basic facts in your database should certainlly be cited individually. On
the other hand, if your ancestors are simply listed as church members over
15-17 years, I would lump that into one source note. As to your q
-Original Message-
From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com]on
Behalf Of Kirsten Bowman
Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 1:54 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Where to input census?
Bill:
I also have _Evidence Explained_ and have studied it pretty
Bill:
I also have _Evidence Explained_ and have studied it pretty carefully but
have never seen a recommendation to break down census citations by film
roll. Rather, Mills recommends grouping sources by author and title (for
books), collections (for manuscripts), geographical area, repositories,
Mary:
Welcome to the list! You'll probably find that you get at least three
different answers to just about any question you ask because everyone does
things differently and Legacy is so tremendously flexible.
In Legacy a census record can be a Source, an Event, or both. Search the
Help section
For what it's worth, I use "Cal 1820" when a dob is calculated from a record
such as a census listing or age at death. Legacy accepts this as well as
"Cal 20 Nov 1820" and even a date range such as "Cal 1820-1826" (for when
sources differ). I wasn't comfortable with the "Cal" abbreviation in the
Ron:
I was simply looking at the message itself. The first one today wasn't in
plain text; the second one was--and with the taglines trimmed, too. Your
message, and the copy of mine below, still looks pretty strange.
Kirsten
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From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k.
Sherry:
You've got it. This one's perfect.
Kirsten
-Original Message-
From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com]on
Behalf Of daughterofmyfat...@comcast.net
Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 11:04 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG]
Sorry, Sherry. If you read this message on the LUG list you'll see that it
still isn't in plain text. (I've converted it for this response and you can
compare the two.) Also, I'm removing the two sets of links at the bottom
("Legacy User Group guidelines"). A new set will be added automatica
Sherry:
Sure. I'm no computer whiz, so this will be pretty basic. When creating your
message you need to choose Plain Text instead of HTML. That choice should be
in a drop-down box at the top of your e-mail screen. Plain Text will give you
a totally boring result like this one instead of a
Sherry:
The trouble is that what's perfect today may not be perfect next year. Who was
attaching digital images to files a few years ago, or creating web pages, or
obsessing over the formatting of sources--or, for that matter, even recording
sources? There's no way to predict where the curren
Same here, Jenny.
I have 476 sources for 8170 names. If the sources weren't lumped there
would surely be thousands.
Kirsten
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From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com]on
Behalf Of Jenny M Benson
Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 2:58 AM
To: Le
Sherry:
I can't resist the urge to butt in here. Personally I'd *never* download a
file from Ancestry or RootsWeb. If these people aren't sufficiently important
to you to warrant entering them individually, carefully, and according to your
own standards then you probably don't need them in yo
Sherry:
Welcome to the group!
You're wise to give some thought to the end product that you'd like to achieve.
As others have suggested, entering a few names and previewing the results is
definitely a good way to start. But I would caution that you not be overly
concerned about having things
George:
When you import a GEDCOM from FTM into Legacy you'll probably be shocked at
the data entry inconsistencies you'll find. I know I was, and many others
have said the same thing. For this reason I think it would be best to
handle the GEDCOMs separately. Open them in separate Legacy files a
Chick:
I know there are purists who have their own rules about surname spellings
(as baptized or per the earliest record, etc.), but that way lies database
insanity. Most early records were written by church or military officials
or census enumerators anyway, and I don't see anything sacred about
Doris:
The way you *format* your individual source citations will accomplish the
main part of your objective. The Legacy Source Writer templates and _EE_
will help a good deal in making sure you include the necessary elements and
will put those elements in a consistent sequence.
The way you *gro
Paula:
_Getting It Right_ by Mary H. Slawson recommends leaving a space. Because I
post my database at RootsWeb though, I use the version with no space as an
alternate name. Otherwise RootsWeb searches for McDowell won't find Mc
Dowell. That's likely to re-start the "not a true aka" discussion,
Doris:
You covered a whole basket of topics in this post and I won't even try to
respond to all, but I think the first one to address is organization of your
Master Source List. Since you're an _EE_ fan, check p 67. I don't think
it's possible (or even advisable) to apply an "everything must mat
Jim:
I would absolutely stick with Legacy as my primary program. I periodically
upload a revised GEDCOM to RootsWeb (which then also appears at Ancestry)
but I'd never enter data directly to a database at Ancestry. Instead, I
copy the reliable information (usually original images or record
trans
Jenny and Dan:
I use the extended character set frequently for German and Norwegian characters
and haven't noticed any problems. If it were a general issue with extended
characters, wouldn't it apply to those (such as Alt 0223 for ß) as well as to
the em dash, or am I out of my league in the t
Robert:
Find a different FHC volunteer to work with; this one is obviously
uninformed about software (and possibly about genealogy in general).
There's no reason for you to jump through hoops and use an outmoded program
to satisfy a person who is just trying to channel you into his own comfort
zon
> pretty confident. Besides, these updates typically contain both new
features
> AND important bug fixes, so the benefits almost always outweigh the risks.
>
> Gary Templeman
>
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Kirsten Bowman"
> To:
> Sent: Saturday
se updates typically contain both new features
AND important bug fixes, so the benefits almost always outweigh the risks.
Gary Templeman
- Original Message -----
From: "Kirsten Bowman"
To:
Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2009 2:03 PM
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Adoption Question
> So
relationships.
CE
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From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com] On Behalf
Of Kirsten Bowman
Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2009 12:04 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup
Subject: [LegacyUG] Adoption Question
Using Legacy Deluxe 7.0.0.9. Neither Help nor Custo
Sorry, Ron, but I've been snookered into premature updates before. Once
burned, twice shy.
Checks are in place as you recommended. Thanks.
Kirsten
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From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com]on
Behalf Of ronald ferguson
Sent: Saturday, August 08
Using Legacy Deluxe 7.0.0.9. Neither Help nor Customize give any clues, so
. . .
I have a child with known birth parents (the Browns) and known adoptive
parents (the Petries). There may be a relationship between the two couples,
but that is currently unknown. I've entered the child (Hannah Brow
William:
I've had all sorts of problems with Firefox and Ancestry in the past. I
believe Ancestry says the Firefox compatibility issue has been resolved, but
I'm dubious. I really don't think it has anything to do with Legacy.
Kirsten
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From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com
I agree. There isn't much that I miss about FTM, but these were *very*
handy features. Now I just periodically GEDCOM my Legacy database into an
old version of FTM and sort/scan the name list. It's a clunky way to
accomplish what Legacy should be able to do so easily.
If it's put on the Suggest
Cathy:
Oh, then that's a completely different ballgame. I've never seen published
"protocol" regarding the listing of events as there is for citing sources.
Events don't suit my particular purposes so I don't use them (everything is
included in the Source Detail), and I'll have to defer to one of
Cathy:
I'd say you should absolutely group the whole family in one citation.
Breaking them into separate citations for individual family member would
lead to craziness--not to mention loss of the complete family picture. I
frequently find two related families on a single page or on adjacent pages
Ross:
Go to the Master Location List and look for the button called Sort. It's a
simple matter to flip back and forth between styles; no "conversion" required.
Kirsten
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From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com]on
Behalf Of Ross Chapman
Sent: M
Ross:
That's the way it's supposed to work.
Kirsten
-Original Message-
From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com]on
Behalf Of Ross Chapman
Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 10:30 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Location Issues
I fou
Ross:
I agree with Ron and Mike and don't get too hung up on following the city,
county, state, country scheme (and don't use the placeholder commas either).
It hasn't caused any problems for me but I don't know what impact it might
have on mapping or some other Legacy features. If you really wan
Paula:
I believe this is a bug. There was a thread on the topic a few months ago
with a subject something like "Mary married Someone." It seems that once
the "someone" is triggered, adding a name to the field doesn't turn it off
but only adds it to the name in the field so you get "John married
Paula:
It's true that the field for Jurisdiction City appears on the Detail
Information screen of the Source Clipboard rather than as part of the Master
Source, but it doesn't mean you *have* to use it that way. You can really
put anything you want in any field as long as you're aware of how the
Paula:
Jenny answered the part of your question about whether text is stored
multiple times. As far as Master Source List organization is concerned, I
arranged and rearranged mine a few times before settling on the current
version which works very well for me. With census listings my master
sour
Ruth:
Yes, I saw those too. But I was so happy to *finally* have a
close-to-decent RTF / Word.doc report with the other massive problems
corrected that I just got used to going through and adding blank lines. Of
course my reports are usually 1-generation deals on a single family group so
it's no
Hello Ron:
Well that was an interesting little experiment. I created two GEDCOMs--5.5
and Ancestry--and both had the complete source notes so, as you say,
RootsWeb isn't picking up the Detail Comments for some reason.
Do you suppose this is something that Legacy can eventually correct through
pr
My source notes in Legacy contain many comments added in the second box
under the Text Comments tab of the Source Detail screen. The box to add
these comments to reports is checked. In producing a GEDCOM (5.5) for
posting at RootsWeb I have customized slightly in order to produce a cleaner
lookin
Mike:
This borders on the classic "lumper or splitter" issue (see list archives),
and there is no one *right* way. Your master source structure is the key.
Some users create separate master sources for each census year, others break
them down by state or province, many break them down by county.
Pam:
I would cite it the same as any other obituary. In the field for Text
Comments you would either type the entire obituary or, if it's long you can
extract and list the pertinent facts, including the daughter's husband's
name.
Kirsten
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From: k...@legacyfamilytree.c
Marilyn:
I believe the woman's name is there so you will know which couple you're
assigning a source to. If there were only one wife that would be obvious,
but with 2-3 wives you need a little clue.
Kirsten
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From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree
Brian:
With _EE_ you have the latest thinking on whether or not to list
repositories and I can't argue with that logic. Sometimes, though, I want
to recheck a book and don't remember whether I found it on the library
shelf, at the local genealogical society, or perhaps I ordered through
inter-lib
Howland:
Wouldn't the "Family Group Sheet > Privately Held" work for you?
Kirsten
-Original Message-
From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com]on Behalf
Of howlanddavi...@aol.com
Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 8:08 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.co
Randolph:
I suspect your correspondent has misinterpreted something somewhere along
the line. The sequence you describe would be extremely confusing and is not
at all common in the US.
Kirsten
-Original Message-
From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com]on Beh
Brian:
As Ron said, there are many different ways of using Legacy and it takes time
plus trial and error to develop your own methods. For example, I don't use
Events at all but I'm *huge* on source notes. With data conflicts I'd
create a source citation to be attached to the appropriate field, q
Terri:
That's an impressive round of detecting you've done here. I'm certainly
impressed by your patience and thoroughness. I've never had an Error 91
problem myself, but it seems that the folks who have should really
appreciate your time and effort in researching the trouble.
Kirsten
-Ori
Oh Barbara, that's so sad! What you're missing is one of Legacy's greatest
features: the Source Clipboard. Build your source citation on the Source
Clipboard and then it takes just one click on each field where you want to
attach it. If you find later that you inadvertently missed a field, you
source to see if something had changed recently. Again
there were no italics.
I copied these book sources to the Source Clipboard, added them to new
events. Never any italics.
I have Legacy 7.0.0.86.
Sherry
- Original Message -
From: "Kirsten Bowman"
To: "LegacyUserGroup
I'm having a problem with a master source created using the SourceWriter
template Book > book, authored > author known > online book. When brought
onto the Source Clipboard, everything typed into either of the Text Comments
boxes appears in italics. The text doesn't show as italicized when typed,
Ron:
I transcribe the census listings in source notes because the two main uses
for my database are for posting at RootsWeb (where attachments wouldn't be
allowed) and for sharing reports with other researchers (who can verify the
images themselves if they wish). I especially like having the tran
Dave:
In the interest of streamlining, I've stopped saving paper and/or digital
images of things that are readily available online. This could be dangerous
with data found on obscure sites, but I can't imagine that census records
will someday *not* be available in some form. I do, however, put a
Toni:
I converted from FTM via GEDCOM some time ago without a single hiccup. Of
course, I was shocked by the data entry inconsistencies that were nearly
invisible in FTM but very apparent (and relatively easy to correct) in
Legacy.
You shouldn't be put off by the problems posted to the list. Ma
Shelly:
It would depend on the year of the event you're recording and also on
whether or not you try to record names in the language of the country or by
their English names. Personally, Germany makes me crazy, so I cheat and
list the city, state, and "now Germany" for the country. This really i
Hello Dave, and Welcome!
You're absolutely correct in entering women in your database according to
their birth name; this is standard operating procedure. You'll probably run
into many data entry questions like this as you go along and since you're
wanting to start out on the right foot, I would
Momalot:
When you are in Chronology view the Edit selection will only bring up the
Individual Screen for the person who was highlighted in Family View and you
can only edit that particular person. If you see something you want to edit
for a spouse or a child, for instance, you must go back to Fam
jaemtp:
Nope, it's still coming through as HTML. The trouble is that some of our list
members are on dial-up with no high speed connection option. Worse still, some
have traffic limitations and they get understandably aggravated when an HTML
message eats up an inordinate chunk of their monthl
jaemtp:
The training CD's get very favorable reviews but I don't think they're at all
necessary in order to use the software. Having transferred from FTM a few
years ago, I was able to jump in to Legacy with no manual and only the free
online video. Beyond that, many helpful tips can be picke
Bernard:
I think the best fit is Artifact > Privately held.
Kirsten
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From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com]on
Behalf Of Bernard Doddema
Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 12:18 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: [LegacyUG] how t
Elizabeth:
It's actually not a problem of entering parents and children in a particular
sequence. It comes from adding a person and a marriage date without knowing
the spouse's name--which can happen occasionally whether you're working
backward or forward. Once the person and marriage date are e
amilytree.com]on
Behalf Of Dennis M. Kowallek
Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2009 11:46 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Someone
On Sat, 3 Jan 2009 11:39:22 -0800, "Kirsten Bowman"
wrote:
>Seems like a bug to me. If only one member of a couple is
Ron:
True, it isn't straightforward. I think you're saying something very
similar to Dennis, so I'll combine a response to both of you there.
Kirsten
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From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com]on
Behalf Of ronald ferguson
Sent: Saturday, January
Anne:
Yes, it is difficult in the beginning, but it gets easier over time. While
I agree with Phil about not trusting indexes, it's not always feasible to
gather copies of every record you come across. I concentrate on ordering
copies of documents pertaining to direct ancestors and do sometimes
64$ question. Is that a BUG or user error?
Brian
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Kirsten Bowman wrote:
> Keith:
>
> As Ro
Rich:
This wasn't the case in my situation (an "unknown" husband). There was only
one marriage--to "someone John Jones" or whoever he was. And Keith is
right; it's definitely a bug but it's been a while and I don't remember
whether I reported it or not. It's a fairly unusual data entry sequence
Keith:
As Ron responded, this was discussed on the list but not really resolved.
In my case, I had entered a woman's name and marriage date but no husband's
name. When I later found and entered his name it appeared in Descendant
Book Reports just like your "Julia married someone Nelson Taylor."
Message from
k...@legacyfamilytree.com on behalf of Chick Lewis ** was referenced. I
did not receive a message from Ken. Do you know something I don't?
Lew
On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 1:50 PM, Kirsten Bowman wrote:
> Lew:
>
> The only thing you can be sure of is that the answer *won't* be, "S
Lew:
The only thing you can be sure of is that the answer *won't* be, "Soon." ;-)
Kirsten
-Original Message-
From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com]on
Behalf Of Chick Lewis
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 11:31 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sub
Kirstin:
Not all US census years have enumeration districts associated with them. If
there is an enumeration district for the census record you're using, it will
be shown on either the top left or top right corner of the page and clearly
identified as Enumeration District with a number.
Kirsten
I have Legacy Deluxe with many citations created using SourceWriter. If I
send a file (either a GEDCOM or a Legacy file) to another user who has the
Standard version, what happens to citations created with SourceWriter? Do
they revert somehow to Basic Style, or do they just get "lost in
translati
Howard:
I have a similar situation: A main tree, with one branch that has grown
into something of a one-name study. I keep them all in one file which
consists of just over 7,000 individuals, with most of those belonging to the
surname study. Records and notes about unconnected single individual
Elizabeth:
I'll give you an example from my own experience. In tracking an Acadian
line back to the 1600s I have many individuals who were married 2-3 times
and the spelling variations and 2nd cousin marriages are mind-boggling.
Fortunately the basic records are pretty good, and there's usually a
Chick:
Oh, how I miss that FTM feature and wish that Legacy would do it. My
workaround is to GEDCOM my database from Legacy to an old version of FTM to
do that sort and check for duplicates. Other than that, the only thing that
would take me back to FTM would be if they included a seance feature
and Detail splits.
Hugh
On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 3:40 PM, Kirsten Bowman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Some on the list have mentioned entering x's into source template fields
in
> order to see the options on the follow-on screens. For the templates
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